After the jump, I’ve got the red-band trailer for Wanderlust, a film that presents an interesting dilemma. Do you think of it as a studio comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and avoid accordingly, or do you categorize it as a David Wain movie (Role Models, Wet Hot) starring Paul Rudd and co-written by Ken Marino and immediately hand over your money like it’s going out of style? The decision would be a lot easier if they’d put Ken Marino in this more (he’s listed on IMDB but he’s not in the trailer — wait, there he is!), but I think I was eventually won over by the shot of Paul Rudd talking to a giant fly. I dunno, man, I’m a sucker for anthropomorphic insects.

Good or bad, we’ll be able to find out next weekend. Universal has taken the novel approach of releasing a a film that’s not about CIA spies fighting over Reese Witherspoon or The Rock riding a giant CGI bee in February. I hope it works.
[trailer via Break, pics via the official Facebook page]

Cameron Diaz did the same thing. Maybe there’s something to being an aging hot chick and wanting to reinvent yourself as the funny chick. Though I will say, no matter what you say about her personal life, Aniston was always a step above Camerond Diaz, acting-wise. And technically she did start out on a comedy show, though I’ve never thought of her as the funny chick.

Yep, I’ll agree with her being funnier than Cameron Diaz and staring in what I will admit is a decent comedy show (although whether she and Schwimmer was the least funny person on the show is a bigger argument than the “Will They or Won’t They?” argument when they were Ross and Rachel.)

Bad omen: “Let’s stay for a month!” *Horse comes into frame and whinnies.* A Mr. Asner and a Mrs. Gabor would like a word with you about intellectual property. When your trailer’s illustrative joke is a staple on Nick At Nite, you may want to reconsider.

Also, the technique advocated for milking a goat is completely incorrect. That is the approved technique for a cow, but a goat will kick you for doing that (they prefer a toothpaste tube peristalsis movement).

First off, I’d like to express how grateful I am to be speaking with a group of people that I don’t need to explain The State to..

I feel like it’s as simple as “If you like Wet Hot American Summer or Role Models.. you’ll love Wanderlust” or at least that’s what I’ve been saying to myself since I heard about it, a couple years ago. So hopefully I’m not setting myself up for disappointment. Also, if you haven’t seen “The Ten”, I highly recommend it.

I will seriously pay to see anything that Wain and Marino write together. A Kerri Kenney/Jennifer Aniston/Malin Akerman sex scene certainly doesn’t deter me from wanting to see it.

I’m in for any David Wain movie. I wish Ken Marino was in it more (get that man a comedy vehicle) but it seems like he’ll only be in a few minutes (before they get to the commune). The cast is full of awesome regulars from the State and other comedy I like so this will surely be great….even if Anniston is in it.